Riley Sean P, Covington Kyle, Landry Michel D, McCallum Christine, Engelhard Chalee, Cook Chad E
UConn Health, Farmington, CT, USA.
Physical Therapy Program, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
J Educ Eval Health Prof. 2016 Apr 15;13:17. doi: 10.3352/jeehp.2016.13.17. eCollection 2016.
This study aimed to compare selectivity characteristics among institution characteristics to determine differences by institutional funding source (public vs. private) or research activity level (research vs. non-research).
This study included information provided by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) and the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy. Data were extracted from all students who graduated in 2011 from accredited physical therapy programs in the United States. The public and private designations of the institutions were extracted directly from the classifications from the 'CAPTE annual accreditation report,' and high and low research activity was determined based on Carnegie classifications. The institutions were classified into four groups: public/research intensive, public/non-research intensive, private/research intensive, and private/non-research intensive. Descriptive and comparison analyses with post hoc testing were performed to determine whether there were statistically significant differences among the four groups.
Although there were statistically significant baseline grade point average differences among the four categorized groups, there were no significant differences in licensure pass rates or for any of the selectivity variables of interest.
Selectivity characteristics did not differ by institutional funding source (public vs. private) or research activity level (research vs. non-research). This suggests that the concerns about reduced selectivity among physiotherapy programs, specifically the types that are experiencing the largest proliferation, appear less warranted.
本研究旨在比较不同机构特征之间的选择性特征，以确定机构资金来源（公立与私立）或研究活动水平（研究型与非研究型）的差异。
本研究纳入了物理治疗教育认证委员会（CAPTE）和州物理治疗委员会联合会提供的信息。数据提取自2011年毕业于美国经认证的物理治疗项目的所有学生。机构的公立和私立属性直接从“CAPTE年度认证报告”的分类中提取，高研究活动和低研究活动则根据卡内基分类法确定。这些机构被分为四组：公立/研究密集型、公立/非研究密集型、私立/研究密集型和私立/非研究密集型。进行描述性和比较分析以及事后检验，以确定这四组之间是否存在统计学上的显著差异。
尽管这四个分类组之间在基线平均绩点上存在统计学上的显著差异，但在执照通过率或任何感兴趣的选择性变量方面没有显著差异。
选择性特征在机构资金来源（公立与私立）或研究活动水平（研究型与非研究型）方面没有差异。这表明，对物理治疗项目中选择性降低的担忧，特别是对那些正在经历最大规模扩张的项目类型的担忧，似乎没有充分的依据。
